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You are an interplanetary trader, flying a second-hand ship, trying to make some cash. A wealthy merchant offered you a lucrative deal. Prove yourself by getting some rare crystals and she'll put you in charge of her trading fleet — one of the biggest in the quadrant. You'll need to get them before your enemy gets them first. What are you waiting for? Get shipping!
SpaceShipped — A solo space trading game of buying and selling resources, upgrading your ship, crew, and equipment, dealing with pirates, and making deals. A card game with over 30 random events, 4 types of ship, 4 sets of crew members, and 8 different pieces of equipment to install, all using only 18 cards packed neatly in a little wallet.
Your goal: Make enough money through your buying and selling of resources to be able to afford two very expensive exotic stones (three, if you're really daring). At the same time you're trying to do it, pirates are working hard to collect them as well. If they get to them first, or if your ship takes enough damage, you lose.
As if the pressure from the pirates wasn't enough, on each turn, you'll pilot your ship to different planets, experiencing random encounters, solar winds, and violent attacks. Spend too much time repairing your ship and the pirates will steal the crystals first, but don't repair your ship enough and it will likely be destroyed by these attacks. Hire the right crew, buy the right ship, fit your ship with the right equipment, and you just might make it out of the galaxy alive.
—description from the designer
Released in the July 2019 Board Game of the Month Club $20+ package.
- Simple in mechanics
- Unknown game to the reviewers; less connection
- Rolling Realms
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- progressive number collection
- Turn Order: Progressive
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- it's exactly the same as the original Rolling Realms but there is a bunch of stuff that's different
- I feel like one of the big reasons this game even exists is because it's kind of the big box for Rolling realm
- I will say that it is not waterproof we learned that the hard way
- this is our first one back in London so let's see if this sticks or not
- what we're going to do from now on is I think just mix it in with the rest of the Rolling Realms
- Meadow has this terrific drafting mechanism where you're putting your little number arrows
- Planet Unknown is probably my favorite of all the games represented
- this would have been in the fourth category but we played it just recently again and it grew on me
- I like this one a lot
References (from this video)
- Dynamic scoring with multiple routes to victory
- Fits well with other realms in Redux
- Rules can be dense; heavy decision space
- exploration and space dice resolution
- space expedition with hex grid, spaceships
- board-game exploration adventure
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- dice-driven path/track progression — roll numbers, move along tracks; adjust to hit target ranges (11-13) for scoring; manage resources
- Track advancement — roll numbers, move along tracks; adjust to hit target ranges (11-13) for scoring; manage resources
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- This game is so fun.
- This is like one of the games that I often like lose myself in, if that makes sense.
- Rolling Realms Redux is a really good addition.
- I got a score of 41.9.
- Meadow is really fun because you are writing a number one through four on any of these little fences here.